William Bigler

William Bigler (1 January 1814-9 August 1880) was Governor of Pennsylvania (D) from 20 January 1852 to 16 January 1855 (succeeding William F. Johnston and preceding James Pollock) and a US Senator from 14 January 1856 to 3 March 1861 (succeeding James Cooper and preceding Edgar Cowan).

Biography
William Bigler was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1814, the brother of California governor John Bigler; they served as governors at the same time, a rare occurrence. He founded the Clearfield Democrat in 1833, and he also became wealthy in the lumber business. He served in the state legislature before serving as Governor from 1852 to 1855 and as a US Senator from 1856 to 1861, supporting the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act despite his own principled opposition to slavery. He died in 1880.